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Tavares Strachan
Pierogi
Leipzig
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May - 28 June, 2008
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Born
1979. Nassau,
Bahamas
Education
2004-06 MFA. Yale University, New Haven, CT
2003 BFA, Glass. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI
2002 Liberal Arts Studies. Brown University, Providence RI
1999 Associates of Fine Arts, Painting. College of the Bahamas, Nassau
Bahamas
Solo Exhibitions
2008 “Inner and Outer Space,” Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh,
PA
Pierogi, Leipzig, Germany
“A Hundred Years,” Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 “Where We Are Is Always Miles Away,” The Luggage Store,
San Francisco, CA
Pierogi Brooklyn, New York
Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
“The Distance Between What We Have and What We Want,” Nassau
Bahamas,
Albury Sayle Primary School (Installation of the Arctic Ice Project)
Traveled to Miami, FL in expanded form, including a separate film element,
and the artists’ flag as planted in Alaska and the Bahamas
2006 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Yale University
2001 “Synergism,” Pro Gallery, Nassau Bahamas
1999 “Reactions,” Central Bank Gallery, Nassau Bahamas
Group Exhibitions
2008 Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2007 “20th Anniversary: In the Fullness of Time,” The Luggage
Store, San Francisco, CA
“From the Fat of the Land: Alchemies, Ecologies, Attractions,”
Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
“Block Party II: An Exhibition of Drawings,” Daniel Weinberg
Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
“(Un)Natural Selection,” Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY (June 1–July
30)
“Connecticut Contemporary,” Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art,
Hartford, CT
“New York: State of Mind,” The House of World Cultures, Berlin,
Germany.
Curated by Shaheen Merali
Traveled to the Queens Museum
2006 “Surveillances and Observations,” PIEROGI Leipzig, Germany
“Factitious,” PIEROGI Brooklyn, New York and Leipzig
“School Days,“ Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
2005 SAFN Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland. Curated by Joe Amrhein and Petur
Arason
2004 “Nothing Compared to This,” CAC Museum, Cincinnati, OH
2003 “One on One,” Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
“Mine,” Lombard Fried Fine arts, New York, NY
2002 “Meiosis,” Sol Gallery, Providence RI
“Perspectives,” Woods Gerrry Gallery, Providence RI
“Caribbean Biennial,” Museum of Modern Art, Santa Domingo
2001 “Synergism,” Pro Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
2000 Glass Triennial, Woods Gerrry Gallery, Providence, RI
“Shattered Fractions,” College Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
“On The Edge of Time,” Contemporary Art from the Carribbean,
Washington DC
1999 “Visual Dialogue,” Group of works traveling through the
Bahamas
“Post Independent Art,” Central Bank Gallery, Nassau Bahamas
1998 “Floyd's Fury,” Pro Gallery, Nassau Bahamas
Public Collections
Central Bank, Nassau Bahamas
Inter American Development Bank, Washington, DC
Museo de Arte Moderno, Santa Domingo
Nassau International Airport (Public Sculpture)
Governor General’s Office, New Providence Bahamas
Sir Linden Pindling’s Unity House, Nassau Bahamas
Special Achievements
2003 Distinguished Student Award, RISD Glass
2000 Roots Junkanoo Group, Member
2000 Queen Elizabeth Arts/Poetry Award
1998 Governor’s Award, The Governor General of the Bahamas
1996 National Seal of the Bahamas, Stamp Design
Bibliography
2007
Hromack, Sarah. “Tavares Strachan,” Art Papers, March / April.
P.71 (Illus.)
Helfand, Glen. “Tavares Strachan,” Artforum, February 2007.
P.300 (Illus.)
Volk, Gregory. “Tavares Strachan,” Art In America, Feb 2007.
P.__ (Illus.)
2006
Heller, Maxwell. “Tavares Strachan: Hermetically Sealed,”
The Brooklyn Rail, Dec 06/Jan 07.
P.57 (Illus.)
Smith, Roberta. “More Than You Can See: Storm of Art Engulfs Miami,”
The New York Times,
December 9, 2006. Pp. B7, 11
Baker, Kenneth. “A Whole Lot of Nothing Worthy of Contemplation,”
San Francisco Chronicle,
December 2, 2006 (Illus.)
Huston, Johnny Ray. “Where We Are Is Always Miles Away,” San
Francisco Bay Guardian,
November 15-21, 2006
Leaverton, Michael. “Earth Moving,” SF Weekly, November 15-21,
2006
Kraft, Jessica. “New York,” Contemporary Magazine, No. 86,
2006. P. 18 (Illus.)
Heller, Maxwell. “Tavares Strachan: Hermetically Sealed,”
The Brooklyn Rail, December 06-January
07. P. 57 (Illus.)
Time Out New York, Painting the Town–"Ice Breaker,” Issue
No.565, July 27–Aug 2, 2006. Pg. 74
Deleveaux, Yolanda. The Miami Herald Tribune (Nassau, Bahamas Edition),
The Arts Section, Weds.
August 16, 2006. Pg. 3C
Zeitz, Lisa. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Aktuell) online edition,
“Über den Wunsch, mehr als nur
eine Sache zu sein: Die erstaunlichen Erfindungen des Tavares Strachan,”
August 7, 2006
O’Leary, Mary E. “Yale artist taking the city to California,”
New Haven Register, January 21, 2006
Anand, Easha. “Chunk of New Haven Street Goes West,” Yale
Daily News, January 31, 2006. Pp. 1, 4
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